I spent last weekend glued to Bridge Base Online, watching the 16th European Champions Cup taking place in Latvia, and waving my little St George’s flag. England’s Allfrey team produced some spellbinding bridge, and after 11 rounds they topped the round-robin. Unfortunately, they went on to lose the semi-final to Norway, and ended up coming a disappointing fourth (the Netherlands won). Still, that was the best performance by England’s team in the history of the competition. All six pairs played superbly — but Alexander Allfrey and Andrew Robson in particular were on fire. I enjoyed this slam against Monaco: (see above).
East (Pierre Zimmerman) opened a weak 2♠, and West (Frank Multon) tried to obstruct the opposition further by bidding 3♣. But that didn’t stop Alexander Allfrey and Andrew Robson (N-S) from bidding to slam.
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